When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...
After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice ...
It’s time to wrap up (hoorah!) this spring’s foray into the question of what to put in your CCNA lab. I hope that you’ve found the series useful. Today, I’ll touch on a few final points with switches, ...
Most mesh routers have limited Ethernet ports, usage demands more ports, buy a network switch for added connectivity. Network ...
Ever look at the back of your router and ask yourself “WHY!?!?” There are only four ethernet ports there. Four. How can anyone live and thrive with such a measly amount of wired network connections?
The best minds in networking spent the better part of two decades wrenching the control planes of switches and routers out of network devices and putting them into external controllers. We called this ...
Look at your router. Now back to me. Now back to your router. And back to me. Your router isn't me, but it could be improved with a managed network switch. This is a smart switch that can provide ...